Georgio's closing this week at Carriage Gate

2:15 PM,
Feb. 19, 2013

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Georgio's is closing this week at the Carriage Gate shopping center on Thomasville Road, ending nearly 20 years of restaurant business at that location.

"It's not my choice," owner George Koikos said of landlord Regency Center's leasing decision. This is the last week of the restaurant's operations there. By the end of the month, the business will be consolidated at the Georgio's location on Apalachee Parkway, where Koikos has been serving diners since 2002.

Mike Kinsella, senior vice president of Jacksonville-based Regency Centers, said Koikos had an opportunity to stay, but the offer ...